Demon's Covenant Essay
Elizabeth Greenep
10/9/13
Period 4
Outside Reading Book Essay In the book The Demon’s Covenant, it takes place in Modern Day England. This book is filled with action, excitement, and a little romance. Mavis, who goes by the name of Mae, is a tough and sassy heroine, who wants an ordinary life, and is nowhere near the grasp of being normal. Mae has no special power or fighting ability. Mae has always had her own identity, but can she, a normal girl without fighting talent or magical capability, hold her own against magicians and demons to protect the ones she loves? Her brother Jamie is a magician who hasn’t reached the full potential of his abilities quite yet. With the power Jamie has, he still doesn’t use it to defend himself from Seb, a jock type who torments Jamie, and the fourth spoke in Mae’s love polygon. However, as the story unfolds, two things are discovered; that Seb is a magician himself, and that he has more feelings towards Jamie than Mae. Further in the book, they once again encounter Gerald, a magician more powerful then Jamie who is opening the door to a much more unrestrained strength. Mae needs the help from two brothers, Nick and Alan to keep the dark magician away and talk some sense into Jamie. Alan is a very intellectual guy who is in love with Mae. His “brother” Nick is a quiet, unemotional, and fearless guy, who is unsurprisingly, a demon. Mae is overwhelmed by these two brothers and has a welter of mixed feelings for the both of them. She sets her thoughts out-of-the-way in order to save her brother. As you would have thought, this doesn’t last very long. Mae meets up with Sin again at the Goblin Market, a Mezentius House, a hospital and prison for bodies possessed by demons. The Goblin Market is where Mae made her first summoning circle as well as where she danced to call upon a demon. There are numerous themes in this book; What it means to love, how far you will go for love, and whether it’s heroic, or self-destructive,
10/9/13
Period 4
Outside Reading Book Essay In the book The Demon’s Covenant, it takes place in Modern Day England. This book is filled with action, excitement, and a little romance. Mavis, who goes by the name of Mae, is a tough and sassy heroine, who wants an ordinary life, and is nowhere near the grasp of being normal. Mae has no special power or fighting ability. Mae has always had her own identity, but can she, a normal girl without fighting talent or magical capability, hold her own against magicians and demons to protect the ones she loves? Her brother Jamie is a magician who hasn’t reached the full potential of his abilities quite yet. With the power Jamie has, he still doesn’t use it to defend himself from Seb, a jock type who torments Jamie, and the fourth spoke in Mae’s love polygon. However, as the story unfolds, two things are discovered; that Seb is a magician himself, and that he has more feelings towards Jamie than Mae. Further in the book, they once again encounter Gerald, a magician more powerful then Jamie who is opening the door to a much more unrestrained strength. Mae needs the help from two brothers, Nick and Alan to keep the dark magician away and talk some sense into Jamie. Alan is a very intellectual guy who is in love with Mae. His “brother” Nick is a quiet, unemotional, and fearless guy, who is unsurprisingly, a demon. Mae is overwhelmed by these two brothers and has a welter of mixed feelings for the both of them. She sets her thoughts out-of-the-way in order to save her brother. As you would have thought, this doesn’t last very long. Mae meets up with Sin again at the Goblin Market, a Mezentius House, a hospital and prison for bodies possessed by demons. The Goblin Market is where Mae made her first summoning circle as well as where she danced to call upon a demon. There are numerous themes in this book; What it means to love, how far you will go for love, and whether it’s heroic, or self-destructive,